Péter Módos

Péter Módos (born December 17, 1987 in Szigetvár ) is a Hungarian wrestler . He won at the Olympic Games 2012 in London , a bronze medal in Greco-Roman style in the bantamweight .

Career

Péter Módos started wrestling as a five-year-old in 1992 in Szigetvar and is still a member of the local wrestling club. He focuses on the Greco-Roman style and was or is trained by Janos Modos (grandfather), Ferenc Bacsa, György Struhacs and Ferenc Takacs. At a height of 1.70 meters, it weighs around 60 kg, but has only started in the bantam weight class, which has its weight limit of 55 kg. He is also well known in German wrestling circles, because he started for KSV 05 Aalen in the German Bundesliga and has been wrestling for KSV Köllerbach since the 2012/13 season . Péter Módos is a student. Currently making a living from wrestling.

Between 2003 and 2007 he competed in seven international junior championships. He won five medals. The greatest successes were winning the junior championship title of Europe in 2006 and 2007. In 2006 he won in Szombathely in front of the Turkish Harun Bozoglu and in 2007 in Belgrade in front of Victor Wolfgang from Sweden . At two Junior World Championships he won a bronze medal each, namely in 2005 in Vilnius in the weight class up to 50 kg and in 2006 in Guatemala City in the same weight class.

In 2008, Péter Módos won a medal at an international championship for the first time. He won the bronze medal at this year's European Championships in Tampere . On the way there he defeated Anar Zainalow, Estonia and Joaquin Martinez Abellan, Spain , lost to Rövşən Bayramov , Azerbaijan and landed in the consolation round in the battle for this bronze medal remarkable victories over Nasir Mankijew from Russia and Jani Haapamäki , Finland . He also won other medals at the 2010 European Championships in Baku , where he won a bronze medal and at the 2012 European Championships in Belgrade , where he won the silver medal . He took a good fifth place at the 2010 World Cup in Moscow and at the 2011 World Cup in Istanbul .

The 2012 Olympic Games in London became the highlight of Péter Módos' career so far . There he won a bronze medal with a victory over Elmurat Tasmuradow, Uzbekistan , a defeat against Hamid Soryan Reihanpour , Iran and victories over Arsen Eralijew, Kyrgyzstan and Håkan Nyblom from Denmark .

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
2003	16.	Junior European Championship (Cadets) in Skopje	up to 42 kg	Winner: Machmud Magomedow, Russia ahead of Eltschin Hassanow, Azerbaijan
2004	3.	Junior European Championship (Cadets) in Albena / Bulgaria	up to 42 kg	behind Mais Sabirow, Russia and Harun Bozoglu, Turkey
2005	3.	Junior World Championships in Vilnius	up to 50 kg	behind Elbek Tonjiew, Uzbekistan and Schawigh Geworgjan, Armenia
2005	3.	Junior European Championship in Wrocław	up to 50 kg	behind Saur Kuramagomedow , Russia and Virgil Munteanu, Romania
2006	6th	World Cup in Budapest	Bantam	Winner: Bayram Özdemir , Turkey ahead of Lee Jung-Baek, South Korea
2006	1.	Junior European Championship in Szombathely	up to 50 kg	before Harun Bozoglu and Argis Palasow, Bulgaria
2006	3.	Junior World Championships in Guatemala City	up to 50 kg	behind Damir Akhmedyanov, Russia and Aschat Kudaibergenow, Kazakhstan
2007	1.	Junior European Championship in Belgrade	Bantam	before Victor Wolfgang, Sweden , Lascha Gogitadze, Georgia and Ivan Tatinow, Russia
2007	21st	Junior World Championships in Beijing	Bantam	after losing to Maikel Anache Lamoth, Cuba
2008	3.	World Cup in Szombathely	Bantam	behind Nasir Mankijew, Russia and Lee Jung-baek
2008	3.	EM in Tampere	Bantam	after victories over Anar Zainalow, Estonia and Joaquin Martinez Abellan, Spain, a defeat against Rövşən Bayramov, Azerbaijan and victories over Nasir Mankijew and Jani Haapamäki, Finland
2008	17th	Olympic qualification tournament in Rome	Bantam	Winner: Jiao Hua Feng, China ahead of Alexandar Kostadinow , Bulgaria
2008	3.	Olympic qualification tournament in Novi Sad	Bantam	behind Asset Imanbayev, Kazakhstan and Juri Kowal, Ukraine
2009	5.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	Bantam	behind Kohei Hasegawa , Japan , Mohsen Hajipour, Iran, Rövşən Bayramov and Ilda Hafizow, Uzbekistan
2009	21st	World Cup in Herning / Denmark	Bantam	after a loss to Haakan Nyblom, Denmark (1: 2 rounds, 1: 2 points)
2010	3.	World Cup in Yerevan	Bantam	behind Roman Amojan , Armenia and Gustavo Galart Marin, Cuba
2010	3.	EM in Baku	Bantam	after victories over Hammet Rustam, Turkey and Anar Zainalow, a defeat against Nasir Mankijew and a victory over Lascha Gogitadze, Georgia
2010	3.	Grand Prix of Germany in Dortmund	Bantam	behind Sergei Poruschko, Russia and Florian Crusius, Germany
2010	1.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	Bantam	before Kohei Hasegawa, Lee Jung-baek and Aschat Kudaibergenow
2010	5.	World Cup in Moscow	Bantam	after defeating Daniar Islamow, Moldova and Virgil Munteanu, a defeat against Choi Gyu-jin , South Korea, a victory over Elçin Əliyev , Azerbaijan and a defeat against Nasir Mankijew
2011	5.	World Cup in Istanbul	Bantam	after victories over Francisco Encarnacion, Dominican Republic and Anar Zainalow, a defeat against Rövshan Bayramov, a victory over Kohei Hasegawa and a defeat against Li Shujin , China
2012	2.	Golden Grand Prix in Szombathely	Bantam	behind Ayhan Karakus, Turkey, in front of Wugar Ragimow , Ukraine and Harun Bozoglu
2012	2.	EM in Belgrade	Bantam	behind Elçin Əliyev, in front of Alexander Kostadinow and Tarih Uruncu, Turkey
2012	1.	Wladyslaw Pytlasinki Memorial in Racibórz	Bantam	before Mohamed Said Aboahalima, Egypt and Marcin Kunysz, Poland
2012	bronze	OS in London	Bantam	after a victory over Elmurat Tasmuradow, Uzbekistan, a defeat against Hamid Mohammad Soryan Reihanpour, Iran and victories over Arsen Eralijew, Kyrgyzstan and Håkan Nyblom

Hungarian championships

Peter Modos became Hungarian bantamweight champion in 2008 and 2009 and featherweight in 2010. In 2007 he was the Hungarian runner-up in bantamweight, each in Greco-Roman style.

Explanations

• all competitions in Greco-Roman style
• OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship
• Bantam weight, up to 55 kg, feather weight, up to 60 kg body weight

swell

• Trade journal Der Ringer
• Foeldeak Wrestling Database website
• Website of the Hungarian Wrestling Association

Web links

• Profile of Peter Modos
• Photos by Peter Modos